Journal article
Hsp27, Hsp70, and metallothionein in MDCK and LLC-PK1 renal epithelial cells: effects of prolonged exposure to cadmium
Toxicology and applied pharmacology, Vol.191(1), pp.63-73
2003
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/109691
PMID: 12915104
Abstract
Cadmium is a widely distributed industrial and environmental toxin. The principal target organ of chronic sublethal cadmium exposure is the kidney. In renal epithelial cells, acute high-dose cadmium exposure induces differential expression of proteins, including heat shock proteins. However, few studies have examined heat shock protein expression in cells after prolonged exposure to cadmium at sublethal concentrations. Here, we assayed total cell protein, neutral red uptake, cell death, and levels of metallothionein and heat shock proteins Hsp27 and inducible Hsp70 in cultures of MDCK and LLC-PK1 renal epithelial cells treated with cadmium for 3 days. Treatment with cadmium at concentrations equal to or greater than 10 μM (LLC-PK1) or 25 μM (MDCK) reduced measures of cell vitality and induced cell death. However, a concentration-dependent increase in Hsp27 was detected in both cell types treated with as little as 5 μM cadmium. Accumulation of Hsp70 was correlated only with cadmium treatment at concentrations also causing cell death. Metallothionein was maximally detected in cells treated with cadmium at concentrations that did not reduce cell vitality, and further increases were not detected at greater concentrations. These results reveal that heat shock proteins accumulate in renal epithelial cells during prolonged cadmium exposure, that cadmium induces differential expression of heat shock protein in epithelial cells, and that protein expression patterns in epithelial cells are specific to the cadmium concentration and degree of cellular injury. A potential role for Hsp27 in the cellular response to sublethal cadmium-induced injury is also implicated by our results.
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- Title
- Hsp27, Hsp70, and metallothionein in MDCK and LLC-PK1 renal epithelial cells: effects of prolonged exposure to cadmium
- Creators
- Rita T Bonham - Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USAMichael R Fine - Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USAFiona M Pollock - Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USAEric A Shelden - Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
- Publication Details
- Toxicology and applied pharmacology, Vol.191(1), pp.63-73
- Academic Unit
- Molecular Biosciences, School of
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- Identifiers
- 99900547197701842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article